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Show - 75 - but Miss Hetzler ^as adamant in her insistance that if their hands weren't clean they could not handle the books. "We just washed our hands," said Vicky defiantly and looked her straight in the eyes as she said it. Penny was a little surprised at her an sister's boldness as it wa3 not unusual for the librari to shoo anyone out the door if they displeased her. Throughout the years boys and even girls had been restricted from using the library for weeks at a time for their so-called insubordination; that is speaking above a whisper and general un-ruliness. She peered over her glasses at Vicky and said. "Hmmm, the two girls who live at Gaven House! Well, rules are rules and if you choose not to follow them, you're welcome to leave." Up went their hands quickly for inspection and after close scrutiny, they started to walk into the inner area. "Just a moment, you forgot shoe inspection. Muddy shoes do not enter my library." A glance at the girls' shoes and she waved them in. "Someday," muttered Vicky under her breath and walked on. Penny smiled to herself. Vic always let small things bother her. Soon she was engrossed in the section of the encyclopedia which described the Prohibition Era. She learned that even as far back as the Civil War some states had passed prohibition laws. But the growth of the liquor business after the and Civil War spurred prohibition forces even further resulted in the organization of the Prohibition Party in 1869 and the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union in lS>lk. Penny nibbled on the eraser of her pencil, jotting notes of interest in her tablet. But it was the entrance of the United States into World War I which gave momentum to the prohibition movement. In 1917 the United States Congress passed a law which prohibited the manufacture of all liquors with the exception of beer and wine. Our country and Great Britain signed a liquor treaty permitting American revenue ships to pursue and board ships suspected of carrying liquor bound for the United States. |
